No visible indicator exists once a player enters the zone. It's not like an energy bar on a video game, or Mario flickering with rainbow colors after touching a star. But for that player in the zone, the experience has a tangible feel.

Losing Cole Johnson, Davis Cheek, Joe Mancuso and Dan Smith from its ranks seems like a surefire way for a downturn in quarterback play around the Colonial Athletic Association.

Perhaps the most interesting question entering Saturday’s Colonial Athletic Association matchup between Albany and Delaware is this: Who will start at quarterback for the eighth-ranked Blue Hens?

Delaware opened the spring 2021 Colonial Athletic Association season with an emphatic statement. Count Stony Brook coach Chuck Priore among those who heard the message. 

The unknown has defined the past 12 months, evident in no small part with the 2020 Colonial Athletic Association football season unfolding in spring 2021. The historic spring campaign offers some certainty, however: Quarterback play around the CAA promises to be excellent.